''The Celebration'' (''Festen'') is a 1998 Danish movie directed by Thomas Vinterberg and was filmed according to the [[{{minimalism}} minimalist]] {{Dogme95}} guidelines.

Helge Klingenfeldt-Hansen, a respected businessman, gathers his family and friends for his 60th birthday. Amongst the guests are his wife Elsa and his three children Christian, Helene and Michael. Tensions are running high as the family is still recovering following the suicide of Christian's twin sister Linda.

As guests arrive one-by-one, the action moves into the dining room where the celebration is about to begin. And then Christian stands up and prepares to make a speech. However, he gives his father a choice. Does he want a yellow speech or a green speech? After being coaxed by his guests, Helge settles on the green speech, which Christian has dubbed the "honest speech". The guests have no idea what kind of dark family secrets are going to see the light of day as Christian begins his speech...----!!'''The Film Contains Examples Of:'''

* AbusiveParents* AwfulTruth* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: Vinterberg stated that the story was inspired by story told by a caller to a phone-in show which subsequently turned out to be a hoaxer.* BerserkButton: Helge... Christian... Michael... deeply suppressed rage runs deep in this family.* BigScrewedUpFamily: It's like watching a a gigantic familial pile-up.* BlackComedy: This is sometimes injected into conversations, often as a result of severe MoodWhiplash.* BlackSheep: Subverted slightly by Helene.* CallingTheOldManOut: The whole point of this movie. The Old Woman also gets called out for being an AccompliceByInaction.* CantHoldHisLiquor: Michael.* DrivenToSuicide: Linda.* EnforcedMethodActing: Before the actual shooting, the cast lived in the villa for a week to become a psuedo-family, so their reaction to the revelation- which they weren't prepared for- would be more genuine.* GratuitousGerman: Courtesy of the German toastmaster Helmut Von Sachs, who frequently lapses into German and refers to Helge and Helene as "Meine dänische Vater und Mutter".* JerkAss: So many to choose from... but Michael remains undisputed king by the end of the movie.* {{Minimalism}}: Well, it is a Dogme film.* MoodWhiplash: You're laughing, you're cringing, you're creeped out, you're appalled, you're crying.. and hey, you're laughing again!* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Helmut Von Sachs is portrayed by a [[FakeNationality Danish actor]]. His German accent is actually spot-on, but he does make a few grammatical flubs when his character speaks German.* ParentalIncest* RapeAsDrama* RetiredMonster: [[spoiler:Helge]]* SiblingRivalry: In spades.* TheUnfavorite: Michael, again.* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Helge after Linda's letter is read out.]]* WellDoneSonGuy: Michael takes this trope to disturbing levels.* WhamLine: ** [[spoiler:"It's all you were good for."]]** And before that, [[spoiler: "You sexually abused us, you raped us, you had sex with us little ones."]]* WhileRomeBurns: The film's all about denial, which is how a lot of the guests are still able to carry on partying despite the family's implosion.----